The Alliance focuses on using OSHA's and ASA's collective expertise to help
advance a culture of injury and illness prevention while sharing best practices
and technical knowledge and promoting safe and healthful working conditions for
shipyard employees. The goals of the Alliance include:

Outreach and communication:

Develop and disseminate injury and hazard information at conferences,
events and/or through print and electronic media, including links from OSHA's
and ASA's Web sites.

Familiarize OSHA personnel with the shipbuilding industries' safety and
health best practices and share information on the best practices of ASA's
members/worksites, as jointly determined by OSHA and ASA, with others in the
industry.

Share current injury, hazard and workforce trends to help identify the top priorities for the development of employee safety and health training and outreach programs for the shipbuilding industry.

Promote and encourage ASA members' participation in OSHA's cooperative programs such as compliance assistance, the Voluntary Protection Programs, Consultation and SHARP. In addition, act as mentors to ASA members that aspire to excellence in safety and health.

Work with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects for the maritime industry that are addressed and developed through the Alliance Program.

Promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health:

Raise awareness through speeches and appearances by ASA leaders of their
positive and successful worksite programs and their commitment to workplace
safety and health.

Convene and/or participate in roundtable discussions or other forums to
discuss issues, as jointly identified as top priorities by ASA and OSHA, in
order to develop innovative solutions to specific injury and hazard issues in
shipyards.

Joint Kick-off meeting with National Shipbuilding
Research Program (NSRP) Alliance, OSHA, Washington, DC

Joint Meeting with NSRP, OSHA, Washington, DC

Shipyard Employment eTool Editorial Board Meeting,
New Orleans, LA

Joint Meeting with NSRP and Shipbuilders
Council of America (SCA) Alliance, Pascagoula, MS

Events and Products

Outreach and Communication

Products:

Shipyard Employment eTool

OSHA and ASA, together with the NSRP and the SCA Alliances, are providing
input in the development of OSHA's Shipyard Employment eTool that will
provide information and guidance to help protect shipyard employees' health
and safety by minimizing or eliminating exposure to shipyard safety and
health hazards.

The Shipyard Employment eTool describes common hazards and possible solutions
for tasks performed during the maritime industries' ship repair, ship
building, ship breaking, and barge cleaning processes. The Shipyard
Shipyard
Employment eTool's Ship Repair module was completed and posted to OSHA's Web
site in 2003. Further, the Ship Building, Ship Breaking, and Barge Cleaning
modules are under development. Jim Thornton is a member of the Shipyard
Employment eTool Editorial Board.

The Ship Building, Ship Breaking, and Barge Cleaning modules are expected to
be completed by the end of FY04.

Articles about the Alliance's participation in the development of the eTool
were included in both the March 2004 and June 2004 issues of the Alliance
Quarterly Review.

Maritime Industry Safety and Health Topics Page Editorial Board

Jim Thornton is a member of the OSHA Maritime Industry Safety and Health
Topics page's Editorial Board.

Forklift Safety Information Packet

ASA distributed 15 copies of the Forklift Safety Information Packet to its
members. The information packet, prepared by OSHA, the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Department of Labor's Wage
and Hour Division, is designed to increase awareness of the hazards of
powered industrial forklift use by young workers. The packet includes: OSHA's
Safety and Health Information Bulletin on "Protecting Young Workers:
Prohibition Against Young Workers Operating Forklifts"; NIOSH's "Forklift
Alert"; the Wage and Hour Division's "Forklift Stop Sticker" (to be affixed
to forklifts as a warning to young workers); and a DOL Compliance Assistance
Fact Sheet.

OSHA and ASA Alliance Web Page

The OSHA and ASA Alliance Web page on OSHA's Web site contains information
on the Alliance, Products and Resources, Activities and Events, and
Milestones and Successes. The page is updated regularly.

Specific activities have not yet been planned to meet the Alliance goals of
promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health. These goals
will continue to be discussed by the Implementation Team during the Alliance's
second year.

Results

Once the Shipyard Employment eTool's Ship Building, Ship Breaking, and Barge
Cleaning modules are posted on the OSHA public Web page, one of the Outreach and
Communications goals of the Alliance will be achieved. This includes making
employers and employees in the shipbuilding industry aware of industry hazards
along with relevant reference materials including training materials in order to
help reduce exposure to safety and health hazards in the shipbuilding industry.

In addition to the Shipyard Employment eTool, the Implementation Team is
currently in the process of working on several different projects, including
providing input into the development of OSHA's Safety and Health Injury
Prevention Sheet(s) (SHIPS) and Fatality Videos, coordinating a panel
presentation at the National Safety Congress (NSC), and a Voluntary Protection
Program (VPP) Seminar for the maritime industry.

Through the Alliance Program, ASA, along with the other maritime Alliances,
NSRP and SCA, will offer their expertise in the development of OSHA's Safety and
Health Injury Prevention Sheet(s) that will cover topics such as rigging and
ship fitting. ASA, NSRP and SCA will help with the development of Fatality
Videos, which will be computer animated hazard awareness videos based on actual
shipyard fatalities.

A representative from the ASA Alliance plans to participate in a Shipyard
Alliances workshop, along with representatives from the NSRP and SCA Alliances
and OSHA, which will take place at the NSC in September 2004. The workshop will
focus on the products developed for the maritime industry through the Alliance
Program.

Representatives from the Directorates of Cooperative and State Programs,
Enforcement Programs and Standards and Guidance along with representatives from
Region III and Region IV have worked with ASA to develop products through the
Alliance. These products include the Shipyard Employment eTool modules along
with the presentation at the September 2004 NSC workshop. Both OSHA and ASA
representatives have indicated that, through the development of these products,
they have gained valuable information that will be used as day-to-day business
is conducted.

ASA representative, Jim Thornton is Chairman of the OSHA Maritime Advisory
Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH). NSRP representative, Dan
Nadeau and SCA representative, Teresa Preston are also members of the committee.
As a result, Lee Anne Jillings, Director, Office of Outreach Services and
Alliances made presentations at the March 2004 and June 2004 MACOSH meetings to
provide an update on the activities of the Alliances.

Finally, the Alliance is the process of developing the agenda for a VPP Seminar,
similar to the one held by the Airline Industry Alliance in June 2003, to be
held in conjunction with an SCA Alliance Safety Seminar in New Orleans, LA in
September 2004. This project will address the Outreach and Communication goal of
the Alliance by promoting participation in OSHA's cooperative programs. ASA
member Northrop Grumman Ship Systems – Newport News will participate in the
seminar as it is one of two shipyards participating in VPP.

Through the Alliance Program, ASA, along with the other maritime Alliances,
NSRP and SCA, will continue to offer their expertise in the development of
OSHA's Safety and Health Injury Prevention Sheet(s) that will cover topics such
as rigging and ship fitting. ASA, NSRP and SCA will also continue to help with
the development of Fatality Videos, which will be computer animated hazard
awareness videos based on actual shipyard fatalities.

ASA representatives will continue to serve on the Maritime Industry Safety and
Health Topics pages and work with the Shipyard Employment eTool Editorial Board
to complete development of the Ship Building, Ship Breaking, and Barge Cleaning
modules. Should funding be available in FY '05, additional modules of the
Shipyard Employment eTool such as Fire Protection and Test Yourself will be
developed with input from ASA and the other maritime Alliances.

ASA will continue to hold joint Implementation Team meetings with NSRP and SCA
along with representatives from the Directorates of Cooperative and State
Programs, Enforcement Programs and Standards and Guidance and Region III and
Region IV.

Finally, the Alliance is the process of developing the agenda for a VPP
Seminar, similar to the one held by the Airline Industry Alliance in June 2003,
to be held in conjunction with an SCA Alliance Safety Seminar in New Orleans,
LA in September 2004. ASA member Northrop Grumman Ship Systems – Newport News
will participate in the seminar, as it is one of two shipyards participating in
VPP.